DON'T BLOW IT Oh, workman or scholar, Hang on to your dollar And do not spend it soon, For every cent Unwisely spent Inflates the price balloon ... '" ,. . /A 0'\ ,,- IT MAKES SCENTS To market (black market) to spend lots of jack Careless of how many ceilings you crack. To market (black market) where prices are dear. -Gosh, there's a terrible smell around here. If you can keep your head and calmly ponder How silly spending drives the prices high; If you can save the cash you'd like to squander And only buy the things you need to buy; If you can do your part to :fight inflation By simply being thrifty with your pelf, You'll do a vital service to the nation And-furthermore-you'll benefit yourself. Bonds you buy with payroll earning8. Help fulfill your future yearnin"s. NO GAMBLE When the war is over, will the prices rise or fall? We do not know the answer, and nobody does, at all. But thIs much we can prophesy- whichever way-they go: You will :find it more convenient if you've saved a little dough. * * * Money in your pocket. Take it out and BOck it Into War Bond which Help to make you rich. DOUBLE AND NO QUITS When you boost your paycheck quota and allot it To another bond-it' 8 pretty 80ft for you! For, although you've spent your money-you have got it, And the Interest is interesting too. POINTED RHYMES FOR TRYING TIMES by Berton Braley Here is wisdom by the peck Verszfied to save your neck! 43 SNAKE IN THE GAS There was a crooked man and he lived in crooked style, He dealt at crooked markets with a smugly crooked smile. He viewed himself as clever with his crooked ration book, But everybody knew him for a crooked little crook. * * * $ WHO? ME? There was. little dope with a fat pay envelope And she spent every cent that was in it. And she wondered, by-and-by, why the prices rose so hiath, But she didn't blame herself for a minute. * * * THE GANG"S ALL HERE You may ask, ffWhy should my spending Cause inflationary trending Though I squander every penny I have eot?" -If you're joined by sixty million. Of civilians blowing billions, You'll discover that it matters Quite a lot! f\-A YOU CAN LAY TO THAT As the best egg for a nest-egg Buy a War Bond-buy a batch. But you gotta keep 'em settin' Or they ain'ta gonta hatch/ Save your pay Here's a way- Bonds and savings and insurance Give"your future more endurance. Mrs., Mister, Brother, Sister, Don't compete in buying things That is whence inflation springs. ME\.P US t< E"P - j pRïC N ONE PERSON CAN START IT! You give Inflation a boost -when you buy anything you can do without -when you buy above ceiling or without giving up stamps (Black Market!) -when you ask more money for your services or the goods you sell. SAVE YOUR MONEY. Buy and hold all the War Bonds you can afford-to pay for the war and protect your own future. Keep up your insurance. .\ rnitecl :-:tates 'Val' message prepared by the '''al Adw'rtising ('OUIlf'il; approycd by the Office of War Information. INFLATIONARY MARY Inflationary Mary spills This silly kind of chatter: '1tMy little teeny-wee bills And spendings do not matter. tAnd if I cheat a little bit On rationing and ceilings The Nation's welfare isn't hit By my smaIl lawless dealings!" Inflationary Mary's wrong. For she'd be much to blame If people in a mighty throng Should say and do the same. Small spendings, in the aggregate, Reach sums extraordinary, So let's not try to imitate Inflationary Mary. * * * ADVERTISERS, PUBLISHERS-NOTE: You are welcome to use all or any part of the material on this page to aid the fight against inflation.